The power of the creatures living in the ocean is enormous, and if we get ambushed, we're really in for it. Numenor is way over to the west, right in the middle of the deep water, also known as the most dangerous world map terrain in existence. I stock up on healing potions and get even more magic mapping scrolls, and then it's time for this perilous trek! I have no idea why, maybe the water in that cave is supposedly only on the ground and Mirilith is swimming in it? But the next dungeon we're gonna do is definitely completely underwater, and it's also much longer and more dangerous.īack in Lothlorien, I use the Iron Helm of Knowledge to determine that the ring is a heavily cursed artifact, which produces an antimagic shell and drains experience and conveys teleportitis and fills me with the black breath and carries an ancient foul curse and holy shit I never saw a randart as evil as this one Anyway, I prepare by buying a whole lot of teleportation and magic mapping scrolls, then decide to do a pit stop in Bree to check the merchants there. You know what, somehow I wasn't taking any drowning damage at all. Basically, Possession is similar to polymorphing in NetHack, except that it's permanent and you may permanently lose your ability to transform back into your human form, and it also has a couple of other disadvantages, so I won't do that right now. What he does drop is a Moonstone Ring, but that's certainly not the one we're looking for! And he also dropped a corpse if our Possession skill were higher, we could try to incarnate into him and thereby become him, which seems to be what most possessor characters eventually want to do. ![]() ![]() ![]() Anyway, I walk over to him, whack him a couple of times and he dies without ever doing anything but there's no One Ring of course. Hmm, that description somehow sounds a bit like dnethack's elder priest. maybe sauron’s black magic is involved….A vile creature which seems to consist mostly of tentacles, it seeks to drag people to their doom in the water. the concept of Melkor taking Maedhros’ mother name from his identity is… idk how to put it, but perhaps its both in a physical and psychological sense? ofc, there’s the whole idea of Maedhros being unable to stomach hearing ‘Maitimo’ anymore which is the obvious answer, but also… hear me out here… what if Melkor had a little book of names he’s taken from people? which sounds silly but subsequently ‘binds’ that little bit of them to him, so long as it isnt destroyed. i also think Melkor (in this particular comic) places an emphasis on using Maedhros’ mother name idk maybe because Feanor went by his mother name? a petty, spiteful kinda thing. And so in this case Fingon, who has always called him Maitimo since they were kids and is a creature of habit, learns why Nelyafinwe is bearable, Nelyo still used by his brothers, and Russandol becomes more commonplace- but never Maitimo. so after angband, I’ve always headcanoned Maedhros as refusing to be referred to as ‘Maitimo’ anymore. naming seems like a really big deal among the eldar given how much time and love Tolkien put into it! so personally I think each and every one of the names they give their children/themselves are very very sacred I have several further thoughts on this so that’ll be under the cut for ramblings lol i was studying Maria Llovet’s comic style when I was working on this so if you’ve ever read Luna and notice some stylistic similarities that’s it!! ![]() maedhros recalls a name of old that he can no longer bring himself to be referred to.Ĭontent warning for heavy scarring, slight languageĪ bit darker than my usual content, so big apologies in advance □♀️ this is quite an old comic i had sitting about from May, and given i was a bit busier this weekend i worked on this on the side instead of answering asks (business as usual as soon as i can!). Summary: names are a sacred thing, but the memory of angband is a pervasive grime that sticks to the mind.
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